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Barnes Daily Fire Update September 15, 2022

Acres: 5,840 acres | Containment: 73% | Total personnel: 511

Start Date: September 7, 2022, | Cause: Lightning| Location: 2 miles east of Willow Ranch, CA and 2 miles west of Fort Bidwell, CA Fuels: Timber, Brush, Litter, & Understory
 

Highlights: Yesterday, there was minimal fire behavior across the fire. Additional firefighters were brought in to address hazard trees and any threats to the line. Firefighters continue to hold the fire in the existing footprint. On the northern flank, they worked to improve the security of the line and mopped up further into the perimeter. Over five miles of hose has been strung out along the perimeter to secure the edge. On the eastern edge, hand crews continued to complete and improve containment lines and performed heavy saw work in large diameter fuels, mainly Mountain Mahogany. On the Southern perimeter, progress is being made in the final large pocket of heat along the line with up to 50’ of mop-up in some sections. Increased containment gains were made.  

Operations: Today, firefighters will put in work to increase the containment lines, address hazard trees, and expand fire suppression repair work. Along the fires eastern perimeter, crews and heavy equipment are improving and reinforcing direct line and gridding for pockets of heat, concentrating in the pockets of heavier fuels that continue to hold onto heat as well as gridding the lines and duff for residual heats.  On the northern perimeter they will be mopping up and eliminating threats to the line continuing to use aerial assets to assist as needed. Along the southern portion, the equipment working on the contingency line has been reassigned to suppression repair work. There continues to be a night shift presence.